Recruit CRM vs. Rippling HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Recruit CRM
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Recruit CRM is an ATS + CRM built for recruitment and executive search firms. It centralizes candidates, clients, jobs, and candidate communications. Key features include AI resume parsing, intelligent candidate matching, automated sourcing, GPT-powered content generation, and customizable workflow automation. A visual Kanban pipeline, AI search, and no-code integrations streamline operations, reduce manual work, and help recruiters fill roles faster while maintaining a structured, data-driven…
$95
per month per user
Rippling HCM
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Rippling HR is a human resources platform for managing employee records, onboarding, benefits, time and attendance, compliance, and other core people operations in one system. It serves as the HR layer of the broader Rippling platform, giving companies a central place to manage the employee lifecycle while connecting HR data to payroll, IT, and finance workflows when needed.
$8
per month per user
Pricing
Recruit CRMRippling HCM
Editions & Modules
Pro
$95
per month per user
Business
$125
per month per user
Business
$135
per month per user
Enterprise
$259
per month per user
Recommended
$8.00
starting price per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Recruit CRMRippling HCM
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUp to 20% discount for annual pricing on Pro and Business plans.For additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.
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Community Pulse
Recruit CRMRippling HCM
Considered Both Products
Recruit CRM

No answer on this topic

Rippling HCM
Chose Rippling HCM
I have experience using BambooHR, and though it has similarities in most features, I would say that Rippling does the job because of its functionality in contract templates that we can utilize for independent international contractors. It is very easy to navigate and set up, …
Features
Recruit CRMRippling HCM
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
8.7
14 Ratings
9% above category average
Rippling HCM
8.9
502 Ratings
13% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.013 Ratings9.0400 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.013 Ratings8.9383 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.010 Ratings9.1339 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.010 Ratings8.7350 Ratings
Customized Application Form10.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.013 Ratings9.0349 Ratings
Candidate Search10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.013 Ratings8.8385 Ratings
Collaboration9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.012 Ratings9.0471 Ratings
Reporting8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.0
1133 Ratings
10% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.7807 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.8835 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.1945 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.1844 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.1982 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings9.2877 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings9.0673 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.2
1179 Ratings
12% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.31064 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.0749 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.91028 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.51034 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.4799 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.3701 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.3
1058 Ratings
13% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings9.41021 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings9.3973 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.3727 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.1
1226 Ratings
10% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.41162 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings9.51212 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.31010 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.5679 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings9.0874 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
8.8
527 Ratings
9% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.8528 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.0
639 Ratings
18% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.7619 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings9.0585 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings9.2531 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.4
874 Ratings
16% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings9.5851 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings9.3667 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.0
517 Ratings
11% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings9.1445 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.9475 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.1441 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.9472 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.2
598 Ratings
15% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings9.2528 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings9.2500 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings9.2531 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings9.4563 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings9.3488 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Recruit CRM
-
Ratings
Rippling HCM
9.1
438 Ratings
14% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.1364 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.1375 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings9.2393 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.1374 Ratings
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User Ratings
Recruit CRMRippling HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(14 ratings)
9.1
(1285 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(28 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(12 ratings)
9.3
(1282 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(12 ratings)
8.9
(959 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(14 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Recruit CRMRippling HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
Recruit CRM
Another way to describe your CRM experience is to show your skills and abilities in using CRM software and tools. For example, you can mention the specific CRM platforms or systems that you have used or are familiar with, such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, or Microsoft Dynamics.Highlight both technical and transferable skills. Showcase your ability to collaborate with and contribute to a team in addition to your capabilities in CRM applications. This way, the interviewer can see how your skills are assets to their organization. Highlight any special certifications in CRM software you haveTalent Shortage.Attracting the Right Candidates.Targeting Passive Candidates.Engaging with Qualified Candidates.Reducing Time-to-hire.Building a Strong Employer Brand.Creating an Efficient Recruiting Process.Eliminating Bias in Hiring.
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Rippling
It has a favourites section for commonly used functions. This is perfect for logging in pre-sift and managing my timekeeping. It is easy to view my payslip. It is well-documented and accurate, and it also provides me with an accurate timeline for when to expect my pay to clear. Overall, very easy to use and great interface.
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Pros
Recruit CRM
  • Easy parsing Resume
  • Adding contacts, Companies, candidates with ease from Linkedin
  • setting tasks and calendar invites
  • Advanced boolean search of candidates
  • reports on Activities
  • Fully Customize system
  • Email triggers
  • contact stages
  • Hiring pipeline
  • Deals pipeline
  • Phone calling & Recording Settings
  • Deal Pipeline
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Rippling
  • Keeping track of and entering time off and watching time of approvals
  • Providing fast links to access accounts for health/retirement benefits
  • Extremely convenient access to see how much money is left in my flexible savings account and reordering a new card if I need one
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Cons
Recruit CRM
  • They are adding a lot of features all the time which can be annoying
  • They are usually catching up with features that other programs have rather than being more innovative
  • Other than this, I do not really have any complaints about this software
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Rippling
  • Rippling could improve their payment days. Currently they make employee payments around the 15th and 30th of the month, but it varies slightly with every month. It would make more sense to do this payment on every other Friday or every other Monday.
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Likelihood to Renew
Recruit CRM
No answers on this topic
Rippling
I've been fully impressed with the tool so far in my 6 months of being a daily user. It's rare to run into an issue that can't be solved. Customer service is quick to respond and are usually very helpful. The price is great for the upgrade we got from our past tool. We hit our ROI within the first month.
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Usability
Recruit CRM
There is always room for improvement and I believe RCRM is a great system that is adapting to what it's users want and need. The system suits our needs and is a huge improvement from our previous system. I can't say enough good things about the customer service. They have great follow up and always get back to me within the same day. If there is ever an unknown, there is a timeline given for follow up and a promise to get it resolved. They always come through. It's important to have a team behind your software that listens and adapts.
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Rippling
I think you are redundant with these questions. I have mentioned how easy of to use and a great tool for tracking activity. It wastes no time and has what you need. I am pleased with its usability, and if it were up to me, I would keep using it.
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Reliability and Availability
Recruit CRM
No answers on this topic
Rippling
I like that the availability in using Rippling at any given time is useful to me. Getting on the site freely when I need gives me security of knowing that I can be in control of viewing health insurance and hours information. I have yet to get any errors in using the Rippling app.
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Performance
Recruit CRM
No answers on this topic
Rippling
Rippling's performance has been great, no errors or glitches yet so far. I am confident that Going from one page to the next and all its complexity usage does not lag or times out, it works effectively and efficiently. While using Rippling and other apps it does not tend to slow it down, works great. No complaints.
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Support Rating
Recruit CRM
Again, the customer service team is awesome. They always respond in the same day and have resolved any issue I have ever had. They have made improvements to the system on a weekly basis, always improving for their users. There is a forum where you can leave your feature suggestions and vote on ones left by other users. The reps will jump on a call or screen share with you if you need to be walked through anything. They go above and beyond.
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Rippling
They have been quite responsive to questions and clarifying settings, approaches, listening to feedback. Their knowledge base and training seem well-established and user-focused. Really like their offerings in Rippling U to help orient admins on features, functionality, and best practices. The IT implementation specialist was kind, efficient, and walked us through each screen, explaining different scenarios as we got things configured. They followed up after each call with action items, recommendations, and made themselves available between working sessions. The whole process felt very productive.
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In-Person Training
Recruit CRM
No answers on this topic
Rippling
The trainer went slow and and answered our questions.
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Implementation Rating
Recruit CRM
No answers on this topic
Rippling
It's really easy to implement in comparison to other tools or applications. Different key points are easily configured and implemented as per need, having different configurations in systems. Implementation is something which binds the different parameters of an organization in a single row. Implementation of rippling is much easier, quicker, and error free than any other software. I recommend it strongly!
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Alternatives Considered
Recruit CRM
We evaluated about 3-5 different vendors. The low barrier to entry made it an easy target to test out. Forcing an upfront annual fee was not in our interest without extensively testing the product. We also had a very basic requirement - an easy way to intake a large number of candidates and move them through a recruitment process. We didn't need anything else special at the time and recruit CRM was the most straightforward application that would provide us with a solution.
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Rippling
Rippling far outshines Employment Hero from an LMS perspective; the EH LMS is really bad and has very little functionality, as well as being completely user-unfriendly. The UE is much better with Rippling, no more searching for things that are in obscure places or running reports that need refining to the extreme.
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Scalability
Recruit CRM
No answers on this topic
Rippling
I can go on here and see all my hours and pto plus health benefits. I like to have the work handbook handy to refer to legal things. How to work my role within it's limits. Being able to put in my hours and view when they are approved is a huge benefit for me.
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Return on Investment
Recruit CRM
  • Huge Impact on ROI (This is going from having no ATS to having an ATS)
  • Allowed us to focus more work on our user experiences rather than building our own tool to manage recruitment operations
  • Has allowed us to maintain a relatively low cost in our tooling
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Rippling
  • It was great to receive money from other country.
  • It was very helpful to use an user friendly platform for my first oversea job.
  • It was great to keep track of the amount of money I've received for the time I was employed overseas.
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ScreenShots

Recruit CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of the dashboardScreenshot of Candidate List PageScreenshot of AI Workflow automationsScreenshot of Candidate details pageScreenshot of the AI assist toolScreenshot of AI Candidate Summary

Rippling HCM Screenshots

Screenshot of the Rippling Dashboard: Employees' home for their payroll, benefits, documents, devices, expenses, and apps.Screenshot of Rippling Payroll: Runs payroll in 90 seconds. Pays employees and contractors around the world. Automatic tax filing.Screenshot of Rippling Benefits Administration: For the management of employees' Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, FSA, HSA, and commuter benefits.Screenshot of Rippling Single Sign-On: Employees can access all of their SaaS apps in one click from their Rippling dashboard.Screenshot of Rippling’s Time & Attendance platform. This integrates with the rest of the product suite so that when employees clock in, their approved hours automatically synced with payroll and accounting systems.Screenshot of Rippling Mobile Device Management: To manage employees' computers and devices 100% remotely.